Sackcloth and Ashes - a Lenten Pilgrimage

[Charles Kolb]

Sackcloth and Ashes - a Lenten Pilgrimage

Tridentine Latin Mass

~ CK

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Sackcloth and Ashes - a Lenten Pilgrimage

“Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God”. (Joel 2:13). The liturgical use of ashes originated in the Old Testament times. Ashes symbolized mourning, mortality and penance. In the Book of Esther, Mordecai put on sackcloth and ashes when he heard of the decree of King Ahasuerus to kill all of the Jewish people
in the Persian Empire (Esther 4:1). Job repented in sackcloth and ashes (Job 42:6). Prophesying the Babylonian captivity of Jerusalem, Daniel wrote, "I turned to the Lord God, pleading in earnest prayer, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes" (Daniel 9:3). Perhaps the best known example of repentance in the Old Testament involves the story of
the prophet Jonah, who finally obeyed God's command and preached in the great city of Nineveh. His preaching was amazingly effective. Word of his message was carried to the king of Nineveh. "When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in the ashes" (Jon 3:6). In the New Testament Jesus also made reference to ashes, "If the miracles worked in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they would have reformed in sackcloth and ashes long ago" (Matthew 11:21). The Church adapted the use of ashes to mark the beginning of the penitential season of Lent, when we remember our mortality and mourn for our sins. In our present liturgy for Ash Wednesday, we use ashes made from the burned palm branches distributed on the Palm Sunday of the previous year. The priest blesses the ashes and imposes them on the foreheads of the faithful, making the sign of the cross and saying, "Remember, man you are dust and to dust you shall return," or "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel." Ash Wednesday is also a day of both fasting and abstinence. As we begin this holy season of Lent in preparation for Easter, we must remember the significance of the ashes we have received: we mourn and do penance for our sins; we convert our hearts to the Lord, who suffered, died, and rose for our salvation, and we are reminded of this reality when the priest places the ashes on the form of a cross on our foreheads; we renew the promises made at our baptism, when we died to an old life and rose to a new life with Christ; finally, mindful that the kingdom of this world passes away, we strive to live the kingdom of God now and look forward to its fulfillment in heaven. Lent is the forty day period before Easter, excluding Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Thursday up to the Mass of the Lord’s supper. The forty days remind us of the fasts by Moses on Mount Sinai, and by Christ in the desert before He began His public ministry. Lent is followed by the Sacred Triduum which begins with the Mass of the Lord's Supper, continues on Good Friday, and ends with the Easter Vigil.

Fr. Fernando, OMV

Gloria in Excelsis Deo
"Glory to God in the highest")

Latin text:

Gloria in excélsis Deo
Et in terra pax homínibus bonae voluntátis.
Laudámus te.
Benedícimus te.
Adorámus te.
Glorificámus te.
Grátias ágimus tibi propter magnam glóriam tuam,
Dómine Deus, Rex cæléstis, Deus Pater omnípotens.
Dómine Fili unigénite, Jesu Christe.
Dómine Deus, Agnus Dei, Fílius Patris.
Qui tollis peccáta mundi, miserére nobis.
Qui tollis peccáta mundi, súscipe deprecatiónem nostram.
Qui sedes ad déxteram Patris, miserére nobis.
Quóniam tu solus Sanctus.
Tu solus Dóminus,
Tu solus Altíssimus, Jesu Christe,
Cum Sancto Spíritu in glória Dei Patris. Amen.

English Literal Translation:

Glory in the heights to God
And on earth peace to men of good will.
We praise You.
We bless You.
We adore You.
We glorify You.
We give You thanks for Your great Glory.
Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father almighty.
Lord the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ.
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.
You who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
You who take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.
You who sit at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
For You alone [are] the Holy One.
You alone [are] the Lord.
You alone [are the] Most High, Jesus Christ.
With the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen


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This is dedicated to one of my best friends on God's lovely green earth, Alina Caligula, and my dear little sister, Stephanie.

Tridentine Latin Mass - Assumption Church - Windsor, ON


http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=a943e20f8c16e100610d

Roman Catholic, Missa Cantata, Tridentine Mass said Feb 9, 2008 for the cause of Vn. John Henry Cardinal Newman. Our Lady of Assumption Church - Windsor, Ontario - Canada. Video features the prayers at the foot of the alter, Confiteor, incensing of the alter and the Kyrie. Celebrant - Fr. Peter Hrytsyk

Creed in Latin


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Credo in unum Deum,
Patrem omnipotentem,
factorem caeli et terrae,
visibilium omnium et invisibilium;

I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
and of all things visible and invisible.

Et in unum Dominum, Iesum Christum,
filium Dei unigenitum,
et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula;
Deum de Deo, Lumen de Lumine,
Deum verum de Deo vero,
genitum non factum,
consubstantialem Patri,
per quem omnia facta sunt;

And in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages;
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one substance with the Father;
through Whom all things were made.

Qui propter nos homines
et propter nostram salutem
descendit de caelis
et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto
ex Maria Virgine, et homo factus est;

Who for us men
and for our salvation
descended from the heavens,
and was made flesh by the Holy Spirit
of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.

Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato,
passus et sepultus est;
et resurrexit tertia die,
secundum Scripturas;
et ascendit in caelum,
sedet ad dexteram Patris;
et iterum venturus est cum gloria,
iudicare vivos et mortuos,
cuius regni non erit finis;

He was also crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;
suffered, and was buried;
on the third day He rose again
according to the Scriptures;
and ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of the Father;
and shall come again with glory
to judge the living and the dead,
of Whose kingdom there shall be no end;

Et in Spiritum Sanctum,
Dominum et vivificantem,
qui ex Patri Filioque procedit;
qui cum Patre et Filio
simul adoratur et conglorificatur;
qui locutus est per prophetas;

And in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord and Giver of Life,
Who proceeds from the Father and the Son;
Who, together with the Father and the Son,is adored and glorified;
Who has spoken through the Prophets.

Et unam sanctam catholicam et
apostolicam Ecclesiam.

And in one holy, catholic
and apostolic Church.

Confiteor unum baptisma
in remissionem peccatorum,
et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum,
et vitam venturi saeculi.

I confess one baptism
for the remission of sins,
and I await the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come.

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Stations of the Cross


https://www.youtube.com/watch/v/P1E2jaLxXWA

Meditations for the Stations of the Cross written by the Pope
12/7/08

~ CK

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